Hyperdimension Neptunia GS Review

Were was the hype for Hyperdimension Neptunia? and far as I know not very many JRPG fans were hyping this game.

will eventually get hyperdimension later this year

kyacat

I think it was pretty apparent that it was made to please the loli fans, not gamers in general.

The game looks BEYOND terrible in every way, shape and form.

The entire premise is disgusting. How can people be defending this?

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Who the heck is Kat Bailey? It's obvious that who ever that person is they didn't play very far into the game. The criticisms about the battle system are somewhat legit, but everything else is way off. It's pretty clear that this Kat person isn't a hardcore RPG gamer. Giving a good game like HN a 3.0 is ridiculous. I actually beat the game (didn't do all the extra stuff) and it is a good game with rewards if you play it long enough.

Bunk review is bunk. Gamespot should take the time to hire some better free-lance reviewers who actually know what the heck they're talking about if they want to be taken seriously from the JRPG community. I rated it a 7.5.

tagyhag

The game isn't great by any means but it sure isn't as bad as she claims it is, unless one has a tremendous bias against the kind of game/genre in the first place. Very shady business practice methinks.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Who the heck is Kat Bailey? It's obvious that who ever that person is they didn't play very far into the game. The criticisms about the battle system are somewhat legit, but everything else is way off. It's pretty clear that this Kat person isn't a hardcore RPG gamer. Giving a good game like HN a 3.0 is ridiculous. I actually beat the game (didn't do all the extra stuff) and it is a good game with rewards if you play it long enough.

Bunk review is bunk. Gamespot should take the time to hire some better free-lance reviewers who actually know what the heck they're talking about if they want to be taken seriously from the JRPG community. I rated it a 7.5.

Bigboi500

The game isn't great by any means but it sure isn't as bad as she claims it is, unless one has a tremendous bias against the kind of game/genre in the first place. Very shady business practice methinks.

How do we know she's a biased FPS fan?

tagyhag

Why is AR Tonelico3 is rated M ?johny300

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[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Who the heck is Kat Bailey? It's obvious that who ever that person is they didn't play very far into the game. The criticisms about the battle system are somewhat legit, but everything else is way off. It's pretty clear that this Kat person isn't a hardcore RPG gamer. Giving a good game like HN a 3.0 is ridiculous. I actually beat the game (didn't do all the extra stuff) and it is a good game with rewards if you play it long enough.

Bunk review is bunk. Gamespot should take the time to hire some better free-lance reviewers who actually know what the heck they're talking about if they want to be taken seriously from the JRPG community. I rated it a 7.5.

Bigboi500

I recognize that name. She's the host of Active Time Babble podcast on 1up. She's pretty hardcore if you ask me. You should listen to her podcast and get schooled. ;)

No. If you listened to her podcasts you would know she's really into not just JRPGs, but all types of RPGs. She's well informed.

Poor FinalStar :(




:P

How do we know she's a biased FPS fan?

tagyhag

Awesome, can't wait to pick up this masterpiece AAA PS3 JRPG ;)

Cons:
Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls

GS

Err welcome to Japan?

"Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls"

I knew this and knew this game would be bad because of this just at looking at the cover.

DJ-Lafleur

Isn't that a description of anything anime?

Isn't that a description of anything anime?

Pug-Nasty

[QUOTE="GS"]
Cons:
Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls

SpinoRaptor24

Err welcome to Japan?

Theres only 1 negative that bugs me

Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls

Im gussing this person hates anything to do with japan then.

Thats what I'm talking 'bout!

I don't know why people hype these JRPG's.

[QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"]

Isn't that a description of anything anime?

Luxen90

But its like half. Thats how japan roles.

Thats what I'm talking 'bout!

I don't know why people hype these JRPG's.

Wolfetan

Isn't that a description of anything anime?

Pug-Nasty

Not really, no. They do have some weird-ass stuff like that though :P

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[QUOTE="GS"]
Cons:
Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls

Bigboi500

Err welcome to Japan?

[QUOTE="Wolfetan"]

Thats what I'm talking 'bout!

I don't know why people hype these JRPG's.

spookykid143

But its like half. Thats how japan roles.

finalfantasy94

[QUOTE="johny300"]Why is AR Tonelico3 is rated M ?spookykid143

I also hear its sexual inuendo, I see the game getting at least a 7. Since iv seen some reviews and it sounds like its a fun game. Unless this person reviews it again since they dont know the whole looks young and comes off sexy is how japan always have been.

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

But its like half. Thats how japan roles.

Luxen90

Yea there are some animes that dont fall into that catogory but there are few that does. The cover is usally this girl is a billion years old just with a child like body.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"]

Err welcome to Japan?

Luxen90

what JRPGs have a high score in GS? (from this gen)

and NIS should stick with disgaea.....

Yea there are some animes that dont fall into that catogory but there are few that does. The cover is usally this girl is a billion years old just with a child like body.

finalfantasy94

I just watched the video and it seems that game has everything I dislike about JRPG games.

• Childish
• Too cutesy
• Strange sexual hints which border on paedophelia
• Characters that look the same as most other JRPGs
• Very annoying voice acting

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"]

[QUOTE="GS"]
Cons:
Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls

Bigboi500

Err welcome to Japan?

Then one wonders why she spends an hour and a half every week recording a podcast dedicated to Western and Japanese RPGs. One episode touches on mainline Super Robot Taisen, which doesn't even come here except for the versions with no licenses.

EDIT: Listening to that episode now, she says that half the games she buys for her DS are Japanese.

This suggests familiarity with the culture.

I just watched the video and it seems that game has everything I dislike about JRPG games.

• Childish
• Too cutesy
• Strange sexual hints which border on paedophelia
• Characters that look the same as most other JRPGs
• Very annoying voice acting

-Unreal-

Wow you pointed out some sterotypes, you look like you know a lot about JRPGs.

"Characters are disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls"

brb going gamestop

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

Yea there are some animes that dont fall into that catogory but there are few that does. The cover is usally this girl is a billion years old just with a child like body.

Luxen90

Is still dont find it worthy of a negative point. Its like if japan did a review of gears and said this

negative

-Big steroid looking male characters looks silly

You can cry about it sure but dont let it affect the game itself. It makes the reviewer look just plain silly. Itsalso like me saying ugh this character has pink hair I hate that time to take away some points.

I just realize this game score lower then the Last Rebellion.:lol:

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]

I just watched the video and it seems that game has everything I dislike about JRPG games.

• Childish
• Too cutesy
• Strange sexual hints which border on paedophelia
• Characters that look the same as most other JRPGs
• Very annoying voice acting

Yangire

Wow you pointed out some sterotypes, you look like you know a lot about JRPGs.

Is still dont find it worthy of a negative point. Its like if japan did a review of gears and said this

negative

-Big steroid looking male characters looks silly

You can cry about it sure but dont let it affect the game itself.

finalfantasy94

I just realize this game score lower then the Last Rebellion.:lol:

Wanderer5

Then one wonders why she spends an hour and a half every week recording a podcast dedicated to Western and Japanese RPGs. One episode touches on mainline Super Robot Taisen, which doesn't even come here except for the unlicensed versions.

sonicmj1

[QUOTE="Luxen90"]

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

Yea there are some animes that dont fall into that catogory but there are few that does. The cover is usally this girl is a billion years old just with a child like body.

finalfantasy94

Is still dont find it worthy of a negative point. Its like if japan did a review of gears and said this

negative

-Big steroid looking male characters looks silly

You can cry about it sure but dont let it affect the game itself. It makes the reviewer look just plain silly. Itsalso like me saying ugh this character has pink hair I hate that time to take away some points.

I knew this game was going to be ridiculous

Most JRPGs have exactly what I listed. In fact I have Star Ocean Last Hope running on my PS3 right now. Just earlier, I was playing and my party had to climb down a fabric banner to get down from a building. One is a female wearing a skirt and she said something about her insisting on going first, hinting that the other male characters will look up her skirt. So obvious and unecessarily childish sexual hints. The game funilly enough also has everything else I listed. It's overly cutesy, the dialogue is childish as is the story and the voice acting is annoying. The characters look like they came from other JRPG franchises too. I expected my comments to be brought up though by people with Japanese and anime related images.-Unreal-

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]

I just watched the video and it seems that game has everything I dislike about JRPG games.

• Childish
• Too cutesy
• Strange sexual hints which border on paedophelia
• Characters that look the same as most other JRPGs
• Very annoying voice acting

-Unreal-

Wow you pointed out some sterotypes, you look like you know a lot about JRPGs.

1.) If you have a problem with cutesy, sexualized JRPGs then why by Star Ocean The Last Hope? There are plenty of pre-PS2 JRPGs that have no hint of any of that, you just sound like you have little to not experience with JRPGs.

2.) Sure it can get annoying but you play games for the gameplay, riiigghhtt? Just ignore the dialog if you want, I don't care about 99% of the stories I read.

3.) There you go stereotyping again, does it make you feel smart?

That's funny because I have a licensed U.S. version of Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier on DS. All this talk about "disturbing sexualized little girls" doesn't get mentioned in games like Persona 3 and 4. High school girls clearly under the age of 17, or Disgaea which features Etna and Flonne and Adel's little sister, Tales and FF games featuring underage girls caught in suggestive situations. If she's a hardcore JRPG fan, she should be familiar with such things. She probably reads stuff off of a queue card that was written for her.

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Wanderer5"]

I just realize this game score lower then the Last Rebellion.:lol:

Luxen90

[QUOTE="sonicmj1"]

Then one wonders why she spends an hour and a half every week recording a podcast dedicated to Western and Japanese RPGs. One episode touches on mainline Super Robot Taisen, which doesn't even come here except for the unlicensed versions.

Bigboi500

She was talking about Super Robot Taisen Z2, which doesn't exist in the US. She says in that very podcast that she spent about $90 importing it. She talks at length about how the Super Robot Taisen franchise gave exposure to certain formerly-obscure Japanese mecha anime.

As I pointed out in the edit I recently made, half of her DS games are Japanese. She's familiar with the genre, the culture, and its tropes. Some are better than others.

I haven't played Hyperdimension Neptunia, so I can't know for sure. But if the characters are as she suggests (little more than vapid loli moe stereotypes), then they bear nothing in common with the well-rounded human characters of the Persona series. The problem isn't that the characters are underage and wind up in occasionally-suggestive situations, the problem is that the characters are nothing more than fanservice.

I've presented the evidence of Kat's knowledge of JRPGs and Japan as plainly as possible. I can't make you accept what's right under your nose, but there's no shame in admitting your errors.

Looks like this is something to avoid if you don't have a thing for little girls. ;)

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="sonicmj1"]

Then one wonders why she spends an hour and a half every week recording a podcast dedicated to Western and Japanese RPGs. One episode touches on mainline Super Robot Taisen, which doesn't even come here except for the unlicensed versions.

sonicmj1

She was talking about Super Robot Taisen Z2, which doesn't exist in the US. She says in that very podcast that she spent about $90 importing it. She talks at length about how the Super Robot Taisen franchise gave exposure to certain formerly-obscure Japanese mecha anime.

As I pointed out in the edit I recently made, half of her DS games are Japanese. She's familiar with the genre, the culture, and its tropes. Some are better than others.

I haven't played Hyperdimension Neptunia, so I can't know for sure. But if the characters are as she suggests (little more than vapid loli moe stereotypes), then they bear nothing in common with the well-rounded human characters of the Persona series. The problem isn't that the characters are underage and wind up in occasionally-suggestive situations, the problem is that the characters are nothing more than fanservice.

I've presented the evidence of Kat's knowledge of JRPGs and Japan as plainly as possible. I can't make you accept what's right under your nose, but there's no shame in admitting your errors.

But then not every game has guys with huge muscles. Most JRPGs on the other hand have many striking similarities in their presentation, so much so that people who aren't huge fans of them can't tell many apart.

-Unreal-

Looks like this is something to avoid if you don't have a thing for little girls. ;)

Verge_6

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]

Looks like this is something to avoid if you don't have a thing for little girls. ;)

Bigboi500

Now, with guns...oh, there's so much to be had with guns. I can go into detail.